What's your favorite big black pen?

[Ron Sabbagh]

OK I am relatively new to fountain pens but I have learned through buying and selling them over the past 2 years that I prefer the more traditional, conservative looking pens. I am attracted to the simple, classic looks of a "big black pen".. My favorite right now is my modern 149, but I am looking for the wisdom of the FPN members to recommend others, including vintage. I tend to prefer firm nibs, as the Pelikan M1000 nib was too flexible and wet for my writing purposes. I am not necessarily looking for huge, long pens, just the ones that are on the larger size. For example, my other favorite black pen is my Pelikan M900 toledo, which I much prefer to the M1000.

 

Thanks in advance.

 

Ron

[jar]

Large ST Dupont Olympio in black Chinese Lacquer.

[Chthulhu]

Well, my biggest and blackest is a Parker Reflex, so it'll have to be my favorite by default. :-)

[PAKMAN]

MB 149 of course!!

[StephY]

+1 for MB 149. I also really like my Sheaffer OS Balances.

[UncleNick]

Danitrio Densho black, raw ebonite - simple beautiful and a great writer.

[Chris Chalmers]

Namiki Emperor in Vermillion Urushi - with the lights out...........otherwise my 149s.........or the black Urushi KOP I sold

[sumgaikid]

Though I'm just starting to use my 149,I have to say that my oversize 1936

Parker Vac in black gets a lot of use. It has a slightly flexible nib that

writes a F to EF line very smoothly. Now if it weren't as ambered as it is,

that would be the icing on the cake...........

 

 

 

John

Edited November 10, 2009 by sumgaikid

[ArchiMark]

+1 for the 149....

 

Although, like my ST Dupont Olympio Black Solitaire, Wahl Eversharp Equipoise, Stipula Florentia, OMAS Emotica, and.........

 

Edited November 10, 2009 by ArchiMark

[ashishwakhlu]

At this point I think my favourite pen is the Brahmam. Handmade BHR pressure bar filler, loads 4.5 mk ink. Handmade 14Kt broad nib which writes like a flex with line variation. OK so its a 149 look alike, but its the best Indian pen I have come across till now.

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[offbase]

Stipula Etruria. All black with solid sterling clip & cap ring.

[FrankB]

Danitrio Mikado black raw ebonite, if I really must choose. Followed quickly by my Pel M-1000 and MB 149.

[diplomat]

Aurora 88 800!

The M1000 is close second.

[lapis]

M1000 because of the size; M900 because of the weight. 149, no, because it's a MB.

 

Mike

[encremental]

If we can't have the M1000 (and if you like the M149, I'm really surprised the M1000 doesn't do it for you) then how about a nice big Pilot? The Custom 823 has a lot going for it, or if you need to spend a bit more, the 845?

 

John

[Yuki Onitsura]

I don't actually own one, but my favourite big black pen would have to be a Visconti Opera Master.

 

Yuki

[Ron Sabbagh]

If we can't have the M1000 (and if you like the M149, I'm really surprised the M1000 doesn't do it for you) then how about a nice big Pilot? The Custom 823 has a lot going for it, or if you need to spend a bit more, the 845?

 

John

 

 

The size of the M1000 is fine...its the flexible nib that I'm not fond of. No doubt most of the aficianados appreciate the flexibility of the 1000's nib...but for my purposes it was just too wet..even with a fine nib. The 149's modern nib is firmer & drier..which I like...

[rwilsonedn]

Check out the natural-finished black hard rubber ED pens at allwritenow.net. Or if you can find one, a Deccan.

ron

[gyasko]

My fave is an older OMAS Paragon. It's large, but light.

[Silvermink]

MB 146. Okay, so it's not gargantuan, but it's still big.